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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Kitty

“There’s no such thing as an ordinary cat” is what the
fortune cookie said.I’m not a cat
lover, nor a cat hater; I’m neutral when it comes to them.They’re cute, and amusing, and people seem to
be fascinated with them if the pictures and videos posted on Facebook are any
indication.

When I looked out the front window this morning I saw “Kitty”
standing on the deck, his head and one paw extended through the slats drinking
water from the small fountain we have there. “Kitty” is the neighbors’ cat but
spends a lot of time in our yard and on our deck.Sometimes he leaves us a dead mouse,
sometimes he just sits and watches the birds.We’ve caught him sitting on the rail looking in the screen door, and at
times lying in front of the door.I don’t
know what kind of cat Kitty is, nor what his name really is. He is a beautiful
black and white cat with large round green eyes.His coat is shiny and his eyes have intelligence
to them that I never knew a cat could have.When we speak to him he looks right at us and blinks as if considering
an answer.There are two other black
cats belonging to different neighbors who also frequent our yard, one is
smaller than Kitty and is scraggly and scrappy looking with squinty eyes that
runs away when we get near.The other
one is between the other two in size and general appearance.It doesn’t have as friendly an aspect as
Kitty, yet isn’t scruffy or scrappy looking like the other one, nor is it as
timid as the latter or as friendly as the former.I think the presence of all three cats is keeping
the squirrels away as we haven’t seen as many since we noticed the cats hanging
around.We’re not sure what the big
attraction is for the cats in our yard but they aren’t hurting anything and don’t
seem to fight with each other so we don’t mind them.I think the fortune cookie was right, not one
of the cats in my yard is ordinary. Each one is extraordinary in its own way
and has a personality of its own.

1 comment:

I'd like to have a cat around if they keep the squirrels away! The squirrels around here are quite aggressive and won't allow me to feed birds... which I like... I guess the cats would keep the birds away too though! Oh, well....